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Tv chef Karen Martini provides her best recipes and how to videos from the Better Homes and Gardens TV show and magazine. Melbourne chef, restaurateur and food writer Karen Martini has been cooking professionally for more than 20 years. She trained at top restaurant Tansy’s in the early 1990s and has headed restaurant kitchens including the iconic Melbourne Wine Room, white-hot Icebergs Dining Room in Sydney and her current artisan pizza restaurant Mr Wolf (which she runs with husband Michael Sapountsis), winning countless chefs hats and other plaudits along the way. Karen Martini's recipes show her love of relaxed cooking with fresh, healthy, seasonal ingredients.

recipeJust buy ready-made pastry shells, whip up an easy vanilla custard and top with seasonal berries! Quick smart!
recipeBeautifully flavoured lamb, tangy feta and a vibrant salad – get your chops around that!
videoKaren’s passing on her tips to you for a classic home-baked Apple and Rhubarb pie with no rolling, no resting and no mixer required. It’s super easy and a simply delicious winter warmer that you can have in the oven in under 20 minutes.
recipeGrab a barbecued chicken, throw together an Asian-style dressing and serve over salad. Too easy!
videoEvery Mum loves to have her brekkie cooked for her so why not do it with a little flare this Mother’s Day with Karen’s scrumptious Ricotta Hot Cakes topped with citrus and pistachio honey.
videoKaren delivers a one pot wonder with her succulent, aromatic and slow baked lamb shanks. This is a perfect cold-weather-dish all cooked in one pot and the beauty is you can leave it simmering away on the stove for a couple of house while you get onto other things.
videoKaren’s got a great alternative to the Sunday roast. It’s bacon like you’ve never tasted before, a whole piece slowly baked and basted in a delicious fruity marinade.
videoKaren makes a wonderfully velvety dessert of panna cotta infused with vanilla and a hint of rosemary. It's a simple recipe that results in layers of sensations; the crunch of the biscuit, the silkiness of the panna cotta and then a topping of gorgeous scorched lemon sauce.
videoVoted as one of the top favourite foods of the seventies, Karen is cooking a delicious carrot cake made even better with her very special ingredient.
videoInstead of bread and butter Karen's heading over the English Channel, and is being inspired by the French to create this decadent croissant bread and butter pudding. This dessert is ridiculously good and so simple to make.
recipeClassics never fail, and this beauty, with oozing choc, is dessert at its best.
recipeAll dressed up with a mix of chilli, garlic and oregano, slices of smoky chargrilled eggplant are set to shine at your relaxed soiree.
videoKaren's cooking a burger with a difference that's bursting with flavour. The taste of India enriching a chicken patty then layered with a herb and chilli salsa, and all topped off with a fresh bun.
videoKaren has a great recipe that combines zingy raspberry flavour with a surprise burst of sherbet. These are so good once you make your first batch you'll never eat store bought marshmallows again!
videoKaren has a gorgeous bbq pork recipe that will transport you to Asia without leaving our shores.
videoThe secret to the great flavour of Karen's BBQ lamb chops lies in the marinade which takes a little time to prepare but is a mix you'll be using in your weekly repertoire.
videoLearn the secrets to a perfect seafood and chorizo paella as Karen Martini cooks up a Spanish feast.
videoThe secret to this salad lies in the easy Thai style dressing that is lavishly spooned over a bed of crispy greens and store bought cooked chicken. No cooking involved, this is a healthy quick meal that the entire family will love.
videoKaren's Summer Berry Tarts are delicious single serve sweet pastry tart shells oozing with creamy custard and topped with your choice of berries.
videoKaren's entertainer platter will have the food covered for a get-together without keeping you tied to the kitchen prepping for hours.

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